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mentioned, in defente of her conduet. She wis i n this respea so satisfied of the juskice of her caust-:,.. that th.2.threars•of , tgti' Geityart Etlipire,..and tither Poicieti4; oblige her to relinquish het tight I rgii;e,irtvght on this occasion ttlo gYezl4.tttiti:l4 itioit;) yet it' r o: tt tat }table , thaf Mow.' l'Athsr,tito isra3 hioasell a' great la yer, 111 , 1 Lzkl 1002: sat in the first Court of Judicamre in ;ice, evco when .be bltunes the eOnduct of the ,C.-lucen. this passeth l s •censcire upori it, n•Jv as clefeaive i t nutiee, but only in poliuy—in talia alien() temporti o says he, rerum pracleatiores r;stivtabant, ,iniiftw(eitur . fae,luin cog a Regina el al , 4 ;• • • at; yet Inentioned the conduct alone of E those nglil Pr 41c,ag, \Vho,knew how,to asert their • rigt%,,, and who,rtilerl their people with •glery but find; ,th2t 4 eVgn.'Under a weaker Govern.; • 111..iit, and in a ''fatei Rerto t d, .thia right of seizing .the Prot)TtY 01,;0 found on board neutral . ships.hath been.fullrelaimed and praClised. When VIGLII:ns, Duke of Buckingham, presided over the naval affairs of- England,,and, to gratify his own, pri vate resenutents,. bad ,eugaged his couivry•,in a war , against Spain, the British Fleet under Pabzrztoie,N took 'several French vessels, to. the number of be- tween thirty and forty, which . had ,Spanish diet - As on board : they wet-a, brought into the Ports of Taigiand, and our Courta,o("Adrairalty condemned the gbods of the Spaniardaas legal prize,,but order ed We-vessels of the 'French to be released, and the freightage to be paid them. This Cowin& Was,. avowed by the Conti KEngland, and ; a full repre sentaliOn of it ti:anstnitted,by the ,Lord high Adrni- Tal to the Adrintiistaratioividf 'VranCe. About Afteen years after this,' weer the: 'Fieftcli themselves Were Ott war with Spain,. , .the Navy. of 'France took a great' many. English sliips 'which 'Were laden with the propertY of the Spaaiitids ;. and their, Courts of Admiralty .cOndernned,, not only, the ene my's effects, but the EnglishShipS which conveyed them.: the Earl of LLIIO,iTER, then Ambassador in France, made great cornplaint'otf this head ; he was answered, that the l 4iplialt always acted in the same . to inner ; and. -1 .. 4,4t .rKpty,being transmitted to the Jarl Noal'ituatettt ilkl,ti at that time Lord High Adinital',,,teekiniulted - Upon, it Sir HENity Mattliw' , the best English civilian of that age, ,and., themost :versed. in maritime jurisdiction ; and by his advice he'returned to Lard LatdEs.rett the fol lowing answer, which at.the same. tiine'proi,es the constant opinion, and shewathe , moderaion of the British Admiralty on this point : That," says be ' 4 ' which is alledged by tite French to be praised in our Court of Admiralty, is absolutely denied; and that neither the law libr the prat:lice bath ever been here to confiscate ,the 'goods of friends for having, enemies goods among them. We are so far from doing any such act of 41 7 .. justice, as . when, in time of war, We have met with any such vita, the freight hath always been paid' by the taker. ter ,these.enemies' , good's that he took, and thosetlutt , belanged unto friends were du• lye restored to much may suffice. to show tho conduct 'of the 'people of England, Ex amides .are also.given from the laws of Holland and of France'. To this, permirmeto ,ackl the refotation of ano• ther obnoxious principle lately insisted up) in Cal VOW of NqUirtils.,,yiz. that, the dominion of ,tho State-ought; to be supposed as communicated to Ves-• , sels'on the high seas. But for this I will go to n e ' l . titer Ofthe_ authors before_ ; quoted, Another testi. atony shall be quoted' tritur,the very quarter which is now said to be it6la l l'ectby till.; country through its refus3l to ackno wledo the principle. Can the right of proteaion, admitted. to be,pos ,aessed by every 'Governatent within its ownhtnits in virtue _of its absolute sovereignty, be communicated .io a Veniel navigating the high seas ? It is supposed tliat it cannot be so commUnicated s . because the ocean being common to all Nations, tic) absolute iovereigntyt:an be acquired in it: the rights, of all ere eqUal, and must necess:trily chs4, limit, and re "strain'each other. T.he superior-right, therefore, of absolute soyereigntyto prate& all properti, within its own tettinity, cesses'to be. superior when the pro perty is no' longer. wi,thinits own territory, and may b t .eocoutitered by the opptising aeltnowlecige4 right of - a BelligerentPi&t . ? ,to sdze ttud ,Conti ate the goods of-hk Euenv l ' ~[t, the. Bi'lliierent rermits tho Neutral to'ittterupti , *ithout itazartl to hial.wll, thus to serve Arid aid ati.Eneruy, yet lie,does not re linquish the right Of defeating that tit:tempt when avt:r he in, his power to cluleat it. 'Pints, it isivlrnitteil, that an artiteel Vesstl r:1337 stop rind seart,li at sea a nentriii bottotri, and totiy take out goods 'which are contriabind ,war,„ without giving. cause €.f Offence:l4 being ituppo4oll,'iri any dogtoc ; 10 i n . ncuttal,iights. But this praaiee could not be piarnitted within the rivers, harbours . ) oroother plopee, (t a Neutral, vilictreltS itivertignty was.comßiete; , . • t f u llowi, then, dent the fill' tilt Of. afforviing pro-. tet v mr ,l3.6:.Bh ,p, ro stty:whatot , o 4 .with)u territory, which is infterew in eery Col:emu-wilt, itot transfarre4 to Vessel navigating the high f{eftg. The rigid ..,of a Belligerent. over coSt.Tc of Ui enemy wiihio his to h, 14 As.COVILIMe. • ~ rght ovcr.izootr;ihatid ot, war i alici it P o ' , 'L ticial4l?t etisily to Se refutk.l, that a ipu;it . fotl fh - ckt W 11 not'proted the out>, \sill not prcitec:t the other. A 'IVt.EUTtkAI, BOTi'WI 'MEN 1)()i:.,6 P4t)l' C.)1? 111Girrf AS Ei CV 11 Eli E CONIP ACT E% sI'S, PRpTEci" IROM Ifl ENEM Y II GOODS Or A it ..-- o \.:Ote Me€lii:s. CK N EY; • 84:C, La be French , . Goveruitien!'„ ,1798, '.., • tjlino own - mouth will 1 condeinn thee." am, Sir, • pr . bumble Sec ant, ' YERAX .•- MAILS. • Amp v sin Waterford.: Dui --3 Getteriburgh; i Motto, z -2 WA l ortard. . _ . ..1 " PRICE OF STOCKS THI4 DAY TWILW4 O'CLOCK: • Consols for April . . 64i THE SIJ .N. $01.114 QUIS 1:1!CIIILI"7ALSUM AV9ZAT D 0 1V , THCRWAY, MARCH 10 ) 1803. . . . Tilts morning we received Paris Papers to the , 28th ult, and some more putelt Journals to the 2.(1 inst.—lt is stated in one of the latter, that the ItUS• ,sian Troops had entered Finland, 'atrd that the: S..vedes had fallen back ; but a strong doubt is ex pressed of the' truth of the intelligence. There can be no doubt that BUONAPARTE will compel the Emperor of Ressik to commence hostilities against Sweden as soon as possible.; but we should think it perfe6ily itnprtraicable to carry on military opera tions at this season of the year iti Finland. A Let ter from Trieste, dated ~the tolls. ult. states, that the Russian Fleet sailed from that 'Fort otj the arid entered Venice on the 6th, probably for the purpose of behrg repaired, as they were in a most wretched condition. It appears froth thefollowing Letter from Bar ceicina,: that the Prince Regent has arrived safely at Bahia, or St. Salv'ador, in the Brazils : • 114acelmNA, Fcs. I.—An AMetietill Ship, lately arrived here, from Majorca, 'brings intelligence that the Prince Regent of Portugal rived in the Port of Bahia about the beginning of the month ofJanuary. WE are happy in announcing the Capture, of the . Melvina French Privateer, of 14 guns . , together with . an Entliiit Shirr, Prize to the Privateer, by His Ma jebty's Ship Guerrierc, Capt. A. Unite, four days after her departure from Spithead, in lat. 44 and long. 13. W. The Guerrierc was on her passage to Jain iica, having on board the Duke of MANCUES. I TER, Governor of that Island. A s• - Yesterday, a few minutes after twelve o'clock, his 11/I.i.sEsTv arrived at the. Queen's Palace, from Windsor,' where the Dukes of YORK, KENT, and CANtattlnoL,.we' v in waiting to receive his MAJES. TT. Soon after twelve o'clock his MAJESTY held a Private Levee. The following - Gentlenien,.ftom Sweden, were presented to Hts MITUSTY by Memsieut Aniatits, BERG, the Swedish Ambassadur Count tigglds, Barons D'Gcer, and Ada!swat, Capt. Vin. got, and M. iluatanstam, and Chavalter D 6 int; 44 couuintio. The Portugueie Ambassador presented Count ItallenhelniCll. The following had the honour of being presented to fits MAJusTv, upon their appointments, Sze. The tit-4), I.lin and George AsliblirnlUmi . bY 06'4 . father, Viscount ,St.l .; :Mr, lames liatitursr, on his return from Sweden ; Master W Henry Btickley, upon his . being atipointed a Page ot fitment to the King, in the room 01' Master Stanhope, promote , l to an Esi4igocy in the Guards Major-General Paget, by Lord Paot, upon his., being ap. poinnAl to the command or the,ilorli Remittent I Major-(e. newt Lord 'Forbes, upon his being apps nred the , 'Second in Cortintaret-el the Forces in t i 1 4frotiran But. ler, the Royal wavy, lipoli his return from the wietlitetra. neap ; Major-Gemeral Sit Join% Stuart, upon his.being ap. pow tcd CoinnuntWr the , Yorces in the,Mediterranean. , . INTAJitheld Privy Council, at which the Earl or Mous,r "Enoictnias was introdUced, and sworn in a Member, and took his seat at the Right Honourable Board accordingly.. lits.l\lA,rcsTy held a council, for receiving the Recorder of Loodon'S Report ortb . Convkls under set t e rice 'of dOth, in Newgate„ when we .uttilerstand }lhs MAJgs'irx was graciously pleased to respite them all during his Royal pleasure. • , His MAJESTY gave audiences to the Cabinet MI ! niSCers preseni,Viscount CATI-1c It I', Mid Mr. WY DEB, the 'Judge' Athiocate. The latter laid before ltis JE4Ti the proceedings of several Courts.. Martial. Soon after six 'o'cloc4, his M.UBSTY set off , on his return to Wind4Or, Yesterday'the 'abinet' Ministers dined with the Duke. of. POtill.AN*. 1, A Vessel 'arrived at Ddvet, ortfiguday twin the Contin6nt, the Iliaster of which iepurt9, that the vorioui crews of the English gmugglitt Boais,whieb were in the iteighbouthood of'Aotweto, have bee n sent to that City, : in:order:to asitst-in out the Sinful of War at that,phice; stud that their b o at s h ave been seized and sent to Middleborgh, Ye4terdny the Matuer of , tholt(1114 proi:auticed au Interloeu , ory.ll4,iitient in,ihe . cits.--• of Lord :NiAtiON v. 1 4Vitillave Cleit MOM ttvgi% t the opitjion or liac• Master of . the. 110114 4t lett&th, but ho stated, that s Lord STNN 114)FX MN only ern. powered gell any of his real e,tates, . 011 - the con dition of pi reNtilog other real e:itotes, and its it ap peared t h.4l the. motley aribing from the, intended sale of 14,1)ot hrsbh eist3to . wai Hot to lie laid nut it this purt"..1,:; ,, , - • re.ii t;taies, but of tiecurities bear it rg ddig! , ,his authoyiwi, under Decd, to tlhipu i e of o rat estate, FR Is VCYI FAPEf S. t,tr ";, - • . L T NTIM o * l NJA 111.—titir tratel,Vllll GCr s • •LiLitly cnnt,ts 4 ineta suffer great Interruptions: The hierchany can scareely - send us any thing :.. \c. , e.iite iii want cif lmany essential articles. On the otiler.Side, the copmunication with the:MeOiterra. t. nean is. - entirely interrupted. 'We receive no intel ligencs from Egypt and the Archipelago Islands. The. Port of Smyrna is blockaded. Russian Colonel, is ;still here.. It is . thought he. is charged with very' important negotia tioni.---Monkeur„ 26ih Feb. Tams.Te, FEB. R ussian 'Fleet left our . Road on the sth of, this, mouth—we learn.:,that it. - arrived at Venice on th 6th. Or the 'satire-day ar rived.here,.from Malta, a vessel' laden with 500 bales . 1 of cotton;' three other vessels, laden also with cotton, which the English had long detained at Malta.hl or der to search them, 'having, with difficulty, obtiihed , 'permission to put to sea, have, in their voyagefrom Malta to Trieste, been captured by some French Pri vateers, and carried inte. Ancona.—:(The same Pa pe V IENNA, FEB. 1 t .-A Convention has been con cluded betwcen our Court and that: of • ilavarilr and has already been ratified by. both parties. This Treaty, which contains Thirty-sik .i\sticles, is - in.; teresting to the inhabitants of both States, partial- larly to those of the Frontier Districts. It contains several stiPulations relative to the commerce of Salt, and that of the Woods between Bavaria and the Austrian Principalities Of . Salzburg atidterchio . den in respect to the transfer - of 'all public property: , and private s effects. COPENIIAOiN, Fin. is . publicly reported here that an Expedition is preparing against Sweden. Our Troops are to undertake it, in the Sound, but they will be supported tv . our most powerful Ally. lteport states that the Rdisian Troops have already entered Finland, and that the ,Svveues have faifen" back; 'this piece of intelligence stands 'in need of confirmation. They talk in Sweden of an Invaskin of Norway, in. which Country. the construction of SbiPS of War Is carried On with the utmost aelivity . .. • Susi Lis, Fan, 2..--ACCOrding 'CO :the last accounts from 'Wallachia, the bead-qUarters of Prince Pao- SOROWSICY are still in Jassy three Russian Gene rals only remain in Bucharest, among whom is Ge neral BACIIMETiIiP, Governor of that'city and coun try._ We understand that Prince: YPSILANTI mean,; to return from St. Patersburgh to Bucharest:: : The general opinion is, here that important events will ore long take place in Moldavia and . Wallachia, , • The Turk s have repaired and considerably i n cre a sed the . fortifications of Guergeu, Isinalef, and the garrisons of these places haVe been strongly re. lbreod. . '- • g:r—NVe.lc trn by Letter's frOm Ko pigsburgh, that Mr. Ua *talp continues to dired the affairs of the Prussian Cabinet, making considerable reforms in the Military Department : hut, _ in. spite of the reports insertcd in the Public Papers, .no be ginning has as yet bean, made - . to reorganize the army, or form the militia. • VILUNNA, Feu. t I.—A. report is again in circula tion, that a numerous body of troops of the Conte deraey.of the Rhine is to march to Dahnatia. The Garrison of l'rieste is to bereinfdrdeci. ANCONA, Fin. 2.---According to ,the last accounts from Corfu, there has arrived off that Island an English Squadron consisting of ed large and small Ships. It is probable that this Squadron was in tended to , roake au attack on that Islandi but, the English finding it was tic ell defended; sailed away, only lea'vins a few Ships to make observations. the Ma . sters oftliesfilp4 frornwhom we received this intelligenee, brought at the Same time private .letters from the lonian Isles, from which we learn, • that the inhabitants of the small Island of Hydra baying continued to Rail under the Turkish flag, the English hive tithes : not less titan fifty at their mer. chant vessels, and carried them into Malta. It is itot true that the English have taken pos session of 'fine or Andros (Islands of ,the Archipe• lago). We have no news' directly from the other Islands; we only:;:now that terror and desolation reign there; and that the inhabitants, abandoned to their feeble means of defence, have not dared tore- - fuse provisions to the English Squatlron - S. The y whole Archipelago suffers great scarcity of all ne.e ceramics, and fears a famine. 'Tile Wand of Tenedos, successively occupied by the lurks, Russians, ant/English, is.absolately ex hausted, and has been deserted by the greater part of its inhabitants. The Algerines, though the Allies of England, Ivive capinred two Sicilian Tamps going to Lisbon (bei4e the entrance of the French into that city), and notwAhatauding the remonstrances of the Eng. ii,ll Consul, have,obstinately refused to deliver them ni). It is not even known whether the English Con,ul will be able to aave the crews from slavery., i),At,u t,N, YEE, • t c rday the formal liking pocsession of the town of West.' and itg teriiretY, in the rtanie of his nijesty the Erliperor of tl , Fr44cli % polsplace iti the erening.; the whole town was ilhanDinated on the occasion. Mail-IEIIO6 accounts that have been received, (fie laitifgPossegsion of Munster, which was' to ifavettlieti'place on the Iseof March, is deferred till further arders.--(Schiedantsche Courant, March 1.) ST. PETHRSET/ROH i JAN. Count ' BuxtfownEN, lately arrived is this capital, is about to take the command of the . ar=my assembled in Finland. Galeral WASMATENOW, our Minister of War,. has given in his resignation, and is replaced by Ge 'neral AZAKTSCHEJEW, late Inspedor General of Artillery. Plikattor; Pita. .17,—Several Princes of the ittlos,§nrecieration have lately arrived in this _torn, and the Ministers of different - Powers are suctessively arriving the. CornmiSbaries . of the King of SAkONY, rhargd wiili.regulating the limits of the two States are cane here. PARIS, VgliatrAßY A 6. CONSERVATIVE SENATE.. " SENATORS, I have thought proper to appoint my brother in-law, Prince BURGH ESE, to the placi - of Gover nor-General, creeted by the Organic Senates Con. sultum of the 2d of this month. My people of the Dpartments beyond, the Alps 'wilt perceive in the • creation of that place, and in the appointment of• the person to whom I commit it, my anxious desire of being,triaciC acquainted with whatever can prove in ql.p,toligofar. them, and, the atligtionate sentiment! with which I bear constantly in mind the most iistant parts of my 'Empire. From my Imperial Palace in the Thaitleries, the 15th l gib. 1808. • (Signed) ," MOWN. " By'Conamand of the Emperor, the Minister, Secretary of State. A Senatus Consult= of tho t 9th Februsry, pub., lished by order of Government, contains the follow . disvoitkon : • • Art. I..Sitch Foreigners as' shall render, or have rena.fcd,' diiiinent services to the State, or who, en dowed with particular talents, shalt settle in France and introduce there any useful, invention or branch. of industry, shall, after a twelvernonth's residence; enjoy all the rights of French citizens. Art. 2. This privilege shall be conferred to then' by a special Decree, by virtue of the report of a Mi , nititer. after the tounsel of State !hall have beet), heard. . . Art. 3. A Copy of the said Decree shall be deli vered to the Foreigner so naturalized, signed by the Grand judge Minister of Justice. .i . Art. 4. .With•this Copy he shall present himself before the Municipality of the place where he means to reside, and take the:Oaths of Obedience to the Constitution of. the Envire, , and of A.ll4ance td thu £ tllp c . 'ror* :.. - . l'he,Pric-Atkier the 4cieon, of Rochelle, Captain • AttGNAtli4A: 3 l;ti t'cirried into Passage, a Port in Spain, thrw-mast Ship'underAtnerican colours, bound tivir! Salerno to London, with a cargo of rice and cot;ou4 We 'understand that ihe intended marriage et the Pripce of NEUFC"HATS, ' Vito 'High - constable of :France, ivitha:-Princess of - Bavaria . , will soon take place.. Letters ,trom Vie 9a State, that the Eng lish Ambassador, My. AD AIR', has received ftrl intima ilaofr4lll4ll Austrie4G6vOrnment to:rinit Vienna. inrelligence has been received: tit Cadiv f thin Spaniali Ainetlea ; it appears that 'they have great abundance of iiioncy, ih silver and. ingots of gold; which they ,know not what to . do with and, in return, they are in want of woollen cloths, hardware, ..and other articles 01 rtanutheture. There arrived in our Port lust year tot/Vl:re° under different flags :-704 Spanish, 74 French, 68 - Americans, be Danish, 213 ItigOrinCH, Aus trians, 14 Moats, 111 Ragusans, Is. : Sardinians, 9 Turks, &c. The 'iNhiii,oleon Code has just been introduced into the , t,47$ of the Duke D'Aremberg, where it will ba.the,iaw after the 6ist of July next. Po:01111011TH, MAII it .—Arrived the. Zrotn' dence.. Whretts , Harrow, stoat Y ileenoria,•l7l 4o " . clan, .anct.. Br/him, Dvytaa,. from iSuriderlaud Vrtnv Lamaginai --r--, from ',London and -Ann) DEW SON, from Cork. &64.4 , t he Boadicea Frigate, Capt. AI A rri.Asb, on a cruize, and Ajusta, Lontiop. IVlAttbn (I.—Arrived the Old &lend , JOHNIION : London Packet, .ROUERTS, , and the Sri sari, from London. Sailed the Tnamshend Packet , Cap t. Cocic, for t. Gibraltar i aid the Princess Amelia hicket, SlErgEl4l,utik-'4omaica , also the Schooner Aveßci Capt. Pikti&V, v tvr St. Domino outer Goading C of oa l‘ st r i a n r g :‘ Ni vi e t s h eals,ljartigueletl:lel:t:(l):OrC° liiers “, • k PLYMOUTLI ) ViAttCH 7.--sitrriveu taw Downs.